international students Archives

Talk Times give Pitt international students a friendly way of studying English

By Gabriella Garvin, Senior Staff Writer • October 12, 2023

Xiao Du arrived in Pittsburgh last month. As a student at Pitt’s English Language Institute, he said he discussed a variety of topics at his first Talk Time. Du said he hopes it will help improve his...

Editorial | Pitt should find alternatives for students looking to learn English

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 20, 2023

With the closure of the English Language Institute, Pitt needs to find an alternative to teach students English

‘A sense of belonging’: Global Ties welcomes international students to campus

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer • September 7, 2022

Led by a team of student mentors, Global Ties hosts events to help international students make friends, learn American traditions, explore Pittsburgh and acclimate to life in the United States. This fall is the first fully in-person semester for Global Ties since spring 2020.

Student-run news channel seeks to connect Chinese international students with Pitt

By Kiera Ledermann, Staff Writer • April 14, 2021

Since Yitian Wang founded Pitt-China Weekly this February, the news channel is making the nearly 7,000-mile distance from Pitt to China feel a little shorter for Chinese international students and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students travel overseas to see family after COVID-19 previously delayed travel

By Rashi Ranjan, Staff Writer • January 19, 2021

Megan McCann, along with many other Pitt students, traveled overseas during winter break to see her family after COVID-19 delayed her travel plans from earlier in 2020. “Being back in Guam is so good. I just want to stay forever.”

Pitt submits document opposing proposed DHS visa rules

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • November 11, 2020

Pitt submitted comments on Oct. 27 opposing new visa requirements proposed by the Trump administration. The document, signed by Provost Ann Cudd, said the rules are “unnecessary” and “harmful” and called on the federal government to immediately withdraw them.

Student-led discussion zooms in on Venezuelan migrant and refugee crisis

By Rashi Ranjan, Staff Writer • November 9, 2020

Morales led a discussion Friday afternoon about her article covering the Venezuelan migrant and refugee crisis. The article was published in Panoramas, Pitt’s online, student-led publication dedicated to news, research, culture and art of Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinx Caribbean diasporas.

‘A perpetual state of fear’: International students criticize latest round of proposed student visa changes

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • October 14, 2020

The new rules published on Sept. 25 by the Department of Homeland Security — which would affect many of Pitt’s more than 3,100 international students — seek to create fixed terms of up to four years for student visas, as well as new applications for international students to extend their stay in the United States.

Pitt files brief in support of lawsuit against new ICE guidelines

By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer • July 13, 2020

Pitt filed an amicus brief on Monday supporting Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s lawsuit against the Trump administration.

‘What did we do to deserve this?’: International students worried about new ICE guidelines

By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer • July 10, 2020

International students at Pitt say they are gravely concerned over new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidelines announced Monday, which would force them to leave the country if the University moves classes online only for the fall.